Art & Culture July 28, 2018 3 This Day in History Health Film Festival (July 28)

Today is Saturday; 6th of the Iranian month of Mordad 1397 solar hijri; corresponding to 14th of the Islamic month of Zil-Qa’dah 1439 lunar hijri; and July 28, 2018, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar. Screens Submissions 1568 solar years ago, on this day in 450 AD, Eastern Roman Emperor, Theodosius TEHRAN (IFILM)-The third subjects, such as those sharing II, died at the age of 49 in a riding accident, after a 42-year reign – having succeeded edition of Health Film Festival information, providing direct his father as a 7-year-old. He presided over the outbreak of two christological controversies, Nestorianism and Eutychianism, and fought an almost two-year selection committee has started and indirect training, promoting inconclusive war with the Sassanid Empire of Iran. choosing received works. healthy lifestyles and retraining 1052 lunar years ago, on this day in 387 AH, the Hanbali hadith scholar and The selection committee of the social harm. prominent orator, Abu’l-Hussain Mohammad bin Ahmad, popular as Ibn Sam’oun, event is to select among 809 works The Health Film Festival died in his hometown Baghdad at the age of 87. Having married a slave-girl of the received by the secretariat. is the outcome of collective harem of the Abbasid caliph, at-Ta’ey, he lived a luxurious life, wearing expensive clothes and eating rich food, in contrary to what he preached to the masses, and This year’s festival has various efforts of artists, members of the tried to justify his practice by saying that these luxuries increase his attachment to sections such as feature films, short policymaking council, organizers God. He was involved in the sectarian conflicts plaguing Baghdad of those days, films, documentaries, television and administrators of the health and despite the ban placed on public oratory by Adhud od-Dowlah Daylami, the works and student films. sector. Iranian ruler of the Buwayhid dynasty of Iraq-Iran in order to stop sectarian riots, The Health Film Festival aims This year’s gala is slated for he continued to ascend the pulpit on Fridays and indulge in inflammatory speech – probably because of support from the Abbasid regime. to showcase films with important August 23-27, 2018 in Tehran. 672 lunar years ago, on this day in 767 AH, Mohammad Shah Bahmani defeated Krishna Raja of Vijaynagar, following the latter’s invasion of the Muslim kingdom of the Deccan in south-central India, and chased him right till the gates of his capital, agreeing to lift the siege when the Raja pleaded for peace with promises not to attack again. Iran Joins Venice Film Festival With 5 Titles 507 lunar years ago, on this day in 932 AH, Bahadur Shah ascended the throne of Gujarat in western India, succeeding his brother Mahmoud Shah II. During his TEHRAN (MNA) – Venice Lantern”, and ‘Blood Kin” by Russia and Indonesia. American cineaste Ramin 11-year reign he had to face the menace of the Portuguese who raided the seaports of Film Festival has announced this Iranian-American director Ramin “As I Lay Dying” is loosely Bahrani will serve on the panels his realm and seized several islands including Mumbai. He made the fatal mistake of seeking assistance from the Portuguese against the expansion of the Mughals of year’s lineup at a news conference Bahrani are taking part in the out- based on a novel with the same of jury for the Horizons and First north India. While on board a Portuguese ship to sign a treaty, he was treacherously in Rome on Wednesday, with five of-competition Sconfini section. name penned by American author Films sections, respectively. killed by the Portuguese admiral and his body dumped into the sea. titles from Iranian filmmakers. “Brick and Mirror” by Ebrahim William Faulkner. It narrates the In 2017, Iranian feature film 268 solar years ago, on this day in 1750 AD, the German musician and composer, Iranian filmmaker Amir Golestan will be screened in the story of a broken-apart family “No Date, No Signature”by Vahid Johann Sebastian Bach, died at the age of 65. Many of his songs are religious, and he also played a pivotal role in the progress and perfection of German music. Later Naderi’s latest film “Magic Venice Classics Restored Films that take a trip to the south of Iran Jalilvand received Horizons in life he went blind. He composed numerous works, including a number of carols. section. upon their father’s advice. Awards for the best director and 224 solar years ago, on this day in 1794 AD, with the execution of Maximilien Mostafa Sayyari’s debut feature Iranian short “Staircase” by Navid Mohammadzadeh for the Robespierre and a group of his supporters, the year long Reign of Terror in France “As I Lay Dying” is Iran’s sole Mohsen Banihashemi is one of best actor. ended. It had started when on the orders of the parliament following victory of the Alzheimer’s French Revolution a court was formed to counter the anti-revolutionaries. representative at the competition the 13 titles accepted into the The 75th Venice Film Festival 197 solar years ago, on this day in 1821 AD, Peru gained independence from Research Links section of Horizons, which also Horizons short films section of takes place August 29 to Spain. Home to the Inca Empire and Civilization that dominated northwest South includes 18 other titles from Italy, the festival. September 8. Damien Chazelle America from the 12th to the 16th centuries, Peru and its rich culture were destroyed U.S., Thailand, India, Kazakhstan, Iranian actress Fatemeh will open the festival with the by the Spanish invaders, who ruthlessly massacred the indigenous people. Finally, Gut-Liver-Brain thanks to the struggles of South American revolutionaries, such as Jose de San Martin Uruguay, Brazil, Turkey, France, Motamed-Aria and Iranian- world premiere of “First Man.” and Simon Bolivar, Peru was liberated. The country covers an area of 1,285,216 sq Axis km, with a long coastline on the Pacific Ocean, and shares borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, and Bolivia. WASHINGTON (Dispatches)- Rare Species Found in Kerman Qanat 160 solar years ago, on this day in 1858, fingerprints were used as a means of Research shows the liver could identification for the first time. contribute to Alzheimer’s risk by TEHRAN (IFP)-A rare species of 155 solar years ago, on this day in 1863 AD, Tsarist Russia’s senior-most Muslim failing to supply key lipids to the brain freshwater crab has been found at general, Husain Khan Nakhchivanski, was born in Nakhchivan City to Major-General Plasmalogens are created in the the depths of a qanat – the ancient Kalb-e Ali Khan – son of Ehsan Khan Kangarlu, the last ruler of the Nakhchivan underground irrigation canals – Khanate, which the Russians seized from Qajarid Iran through the Khan’s treachery liver and are dispersed through during the 1828 war. His mother was Khurshid Qajar-Iravani, member of the ruling the blood stream in the form of in the city of Mahan in Kerman family of the Erivan Khanate – also abolished by Russia in 1828 on its seizure from lipoproteins, which also transport province. Iran. He was the only Muslim to serve as General-Adjutant of the Tsar’s retinue. cholesterol and other lipids to and Head of the Cultural Heritage, He distinguished himself in the Russo-Japanese War and received 7 medals for his from cells and tissues throughout the Handcraft and Tourism bravery. body, including the brain. Kling, and Department of Mahan, Amin 145 lunar years ago, on this day in 1294 AH, Ayatollah Mirza Radhi od-Din Mahani, said these two freshwater Zon-Nouri, was born in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz. After completing the multi-institutional Alzheimer’s preliminary Islamic studies he left for the famous seminary of holy Najaf in Iraq, Disease Metabolomics Consortium crabs were photographed while where he attained the status of Ijtehad. He returned to Iran and taught at seminaries led by Rima F. Kaddurah-Daouk, documenting the qanats in the city for many years. He also wrote several books and groomed numerous students, PhD, at Duke University School of of Mahan. many of which achieved the status of Ijtehad. One of his books is titled “Qaza wa Medicine, developed three indices According to Mahani, this type Shahadat”. for measuring the amount of these of crab is inside the qanat and 140 solar years ago, on this day in 1878 AD, the Treaty of Berlin was signed lipids related to cognition, in order lives at a depth of 60 metres in fish, worms and spiders inside the one of them. by representatives of Russia, France, Britain, and Austria as well as other German absolute darkness and has not yet speaking states, at the end of the Berlin Congress called by German chancellor, Otto to identify whether reduced levels in water canal, showing a diverse Potamidae are awesome von Bismarck, to determine the national identity of Germany. the bloodstream are associated with been seen outside its habitat. animal life in the depths of the creatures, and their main habitat 104 solar years ago, on this day in 1914 AD, the Austria-Hungary Empire declared an increased risk of Alzheimer’s The crab had earlier been spotted Mahan qanats,” he said, adding is fresh water. They mostly live in war on Serbia on rejection of conditions of an ultimatum of July 23 following disease, mild cognitive impairment only in the rivers and wetlands, that experts and researchers must the water and in their shelters. assassination of crown prince, Archduke Francis Ferdinand. World War I thus began (MCI), overall cognitive function, and this is the first time that the do more research in this area. The historical and recreational with the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires on one side, and the Russian and and/or other biomarkers of creature is found to be living in Crabs are the most advanced region of Mahan is 25 km south- British Empires on the other side in alliance with Serbia and France. neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s the depths of a qanat, he noted. 75 solar years ago, on this day in 1943 AD during World War II, the savage species of the arthropods, and east of Kerman in south-east of Operation Gomorrah launched by the British air force on Hamburg caused a disease. The three indices measured: “There were also two species of freshwater crab (Potamidae) is Iran. firestorm that killed 42,000 German civilians. the ratios of plasmalogens to each 42 solar years ago, on this day in 1976 AD, a major earthquake shook the East other; the ratios of plasmalogens Chinese city of Tangshan, killing 242,769 people and injuring 164,851 others. Over to their closely-related, more a million people were made homeless. This 7.8 degree trembler was the second conventional lipid counterparts; major earthquake that jolted China in the 20th Century. and a combination of these two 29 solar years ago, on this day in 1989 AD, the overwhelming majority of the Iranian people, in a referendum, approved amendments to the Islamic Republic quantities. of Iran’s Constitution, as per the instructions of the Late Founder of the Islamic The team observed that lower Republic of Iran, Imam Khomeini (RA). The amendments included enhancement of values of these indices were the presidential powers and elimination of the post of prime minister. associated with a higher likelihood 29 solar years ago, on this day in 1989 AD, in an act of terrorism, Zionist of Alzheimer’s disease. A similar commandos abducted Shi’a Muslim religious leader, Sheikh Abdul-Karim Obeid, pattern was seen with MCI and CN from his home in the village of Jibshit, south Lebanon. Danny Abdalla, a notorious associations. Additionally, some of Lebanese criminal based in Denmark, who in 1984 was involved in the martyrdom of Lebanese religious leader, Sheikh Ragheb Harb, on behalf of the Israelis, was the decreased plasmalogen levels part of the 25-member Zionist commando team that kidnapped Sheikh Obeid. were correlated with increased levels For several years, Sheikh Obeid was held prisoner in the Zionist occupied strip of of the tau protein in the brain, a southern Lebanon, and later transferred to the Ashmoret concentration camp, near marker of Alzheimer’s disease. Kfar Yona, north of Tel Aviv. He was released 15 years later in January 2004 along “This research shows that an age- with twenty other Lebanese prisoners, 400 Palestinian prisoners and a number of related deficiency of plasmalogens other nationals, in exchange for Zionist soldiers and spies captured by Lebanon’s could lead to an increased risk of legendry anti-terrorist movement, the Hezbollah. 11 solar years ago, on this day 2007 AD, Takfiri terrorists backed by the US and Alzheimer’s disease, because the the Saudi regime triggered an explosion of truck bomb in Baghdad’s Shi’a Muslim liver cannot make enough of them,” neighborhood of Karrada, resulting in the martyrdom of around 150 men, women said Kling, who is also a fellow and children, and injury to over two hundred others. of the Institute on Aging. “This 11 solar years ago, on this day in 2007 AD, over 4,000 Hazaras, a Shi’a Muslim research has a variety of interesting ethnic group concentrated in Afghanistan’s central highlands, was displaced from implications. For example, it Behsood district, Wardak Province, over the last 2 months by bands of Kuchi nomads. Some 200 ethnic Pushtun and Sunni Muslims, along with their families highlights a potential relationship and livestock, emptied about 65 Hazara villages and martyred a dozen people. between conditions such as obesity 9 solar years ago, on this day in 2009 AD, prominent Iranian film director and and diabetes and Alzheimer’s -- producer, Saifollah Dad, passed away at the age of 52. He turned out some of as the liver has to work harder to the outstanding hits such as “From Karkheh to Rhine”, “The Satan”, “Children break down fatty acids over time. of Divorce,” and ‘The Survivor”. The last named is a historical film on the brutal This could lead to the eventual Younger generation of Iranian archeologists and researchers conducting their third season of excava- expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians by Zionist terrorists at the illegal destruction of the peroxisomes that birth of Israel in 1948. tions at the Iron Age site of Seh Tappeh near Neyshabur city in northeast Iran. create plasmalogens which thus, Courtesy: IRNA (Courtesy: IRIB English Radio – http://parstoday.com/en) increases the risk of Alzheimer’s.”